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This paper sheds light on the iron and steel (IS) scrap trade to examine how economic development affects the quality demanded of recyclable resource. A simple model is presented that show a mechanism of how scrap quality impacts the direction of trade due to comparative advantage. We find that...
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international trade on the environment, on the one hand, and the impact of environmental policies and regulations on the … with the regulatory powers in international trade – environment relationship which is considered to be GATT/WTO. Although …, the international trade-environment relationship is a very debated internationally, in Romania it is not sufficiently …
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n this paper, we investigate the impact of regional trading arrangements (RTAs) on the environment. We propose an … impact the environment either directly or indirectly via trade and income. We find that membership in an RTA reduces the … RTAs directly impact the environment. Taken together, our results suggest that the recent surge of regional trading …
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For the period between 1988 and 2009, we constructed the two sets of the world panel database for the pollution emission embedded in international trade. By applying the time-invariant common pollution intensity at industry level for international trade of over 150 countries, a change in...
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Using the world panel dataset for the pollution emission embedded in international trade of 132 countries for the period between 1988 and 2008, we investigate whether the balance of embodied emission in trade (BEET) is consistent with the implication of pollution haven hypothesis. By using two...
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In recent years the manufacturing of renewable-energy technologies has become truly global. The associated rise in international investment and trade in goods and services related to renewable energy has been rapid, but it has not always been smooth. Already there have been challenges at the...
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2 emissions from the electricity sector, and for making the transition to a low-carbon economy. The electric power …
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and water pollution or GHG emissions take the form of regulations that aim to change the behaviour of firms or households …
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This paper looks at some of the environment related trade measures which may appear to be trade barriers at times in … the context of the WTO. It also briefly discusses WTO Agreements on environmental measures and the use of environment … related trade measures. The paper finally articulates the interests of LDCs in the area of trade and environment and how their …
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In this study we discuss the need to develop sustainable export patterns in Latin America that fulfill two criteria: reduce the importance of activities that impose the greatest environmental impacts and increase the relevance of activities and products with a higher technological content, since...
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